The Austrian NeuroCloud (ANC) is embedded in the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience Salzburg (CCNS) as a research data infrastructure for cognitive neuroscience. It supports the sustainable storage, curation, management, and reuse of neuroscience research data, with a focus on standardised data formats, reproducible workflows, and FAIR data practices. Through its integration with CCNS expertise and infrastructure, the ANC contributes to the development of an Austria-wide infrastructure for open and reproducible neuroscience and strengthens Austria’s connection to the European Open Science Cloud.

We measure electrical brain, muscle and heart activity with very high time precision. These recordings are possible across all ages starting with newborns, as well as with patients including people who cannot communicate, such as post-comatose patients.

This unit is a starting point for many studies that further probe cognition with the methods provided by the other units, such as EEG, MEG, fMRI, tACS/tDCS, and TMS. We can co-register eye movement and behavioral responses with fMRI and EEG, which allows us to exploit the strengths of the different methods all at once. Our facilities include eye movement measurement in VR, voice recording, and multi-subject testing.

We provide hormone analysis to diagnose cortisol in saliva samples. Directions

We employ a state-of-the-art whole head scanner that samples the brain magnetic fields with very high time resolution, optionally integrated with EEG. Ancillary measurements include ECG, EMG, EOG, and binocular eye tracking. Auditory, somatosensory, and high-frequency visual stimulation devices complement the equipment, alongside with an MEG compatible transcranial electrical stimulation system.

We provide a 3 Tesla MRI scanner to record high resolution images of brain structure and blood flow changes related to neurons' activity during mental or motor tasks, during visual, auditory, and tactile stimulation, or when participants simply rest. Our setup can simultaneously record eye movements, heart rate, and other physiological parameters. We also provide transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to safely manipulate cognitive processing through brain stimulation.

We record body movements to visual, auditory, and tactile stimulation with high time precision. A setup that can perturb and restrict hand movements allows testing cognitive influences on motor output via reflex-like responses and force measurement. Tracking and stimulation can be combined with EEG, TMS, eye tracking, and fMRI.